(GunNews.com) — NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre addressed the crowd at the 2013 NRA Annual Meeting of Members inside the George R. Brown Center in Houston, Texas. Here are some of his remarks:
At this gathering one year ago, I predicted that our freedom might soon face its greatest threat ever. I spent the past year warning gun owners all over this country that, if re-elected, President Obama would launch an all-out, historic assault against the Second Amendment and the personal freedom of hundreds of millions of law-abiding Americans.
The news media called me paranoid. Obama vehemently denied his anti-gun agenda, mocked us, they even passed out fliers saying he would protect our rights — and a lot of Americans were deceived into believing him. Deceived. It didn’t take long for the real Barack Obama to show himself.
Even before he was sworn into office, before his inauguration, the president launched his all-out siege against our rights. From gun bans to magazine bans to convoluted schemes tantamount to national registration of every gun owner in the country.
From executive orders voted on by no one to vice presidential commissions and a flurry of legislative attacks, to U.N. treaties to gut our Second Amendment, speeches and anti-gun rallies, media appearances and the heavy-handed weight of the presidential bully pulpit. Apparently, there is nothing the president will not do to get something — anything — through Congress to advance his agenda to destroy the Second Amendment. Nothing.
So far, thanks to you and millions of Americans like you, that’s exactly what President Obama has gotten — absolutely nothing!
A lot of courageous men and women in the U.S. House and Senate have stood up to the president and defended our great freedom. They’ve taken a lot of heat from the president, Michael Bloomberg, and the media, so it’s really important that they hear from every NRA member and gun owner and American who values that freedom.
To those Senators and Congressmen who have stood with the Second Amendment, we say thank you and ask you to keep defending our rights. You have stood with us and represented your home states — let there be no doubt we stand firmly with you!
That’s important, because while the Senate vote less than two weeks ago is significant, it is but one skirmish in what can only be defined as a long war against our constitutional rights.
We are in the midst of a once-in-a-generation fight for everything we care about. We have a chance to secure our freedom for a generation, or to lose it forever. We must remain vigilant, ever resolute, and steadfastly growing and preparing for the even more critical battles that loom before us.
I am proud to report that the state of our NRA is stronger and larger than it has ever been. Our commitment to freedom is unwavering, our growth unprecedented.
Today, the NRA is a record 5 million strong! Even as thousands of Americans join our cause every day, the media and political elites denigrate us. They cringe at the sight of long lines at gun shows. They mock Americans who are buying firearms and ammunition at a record pace. They scorn and scold the NRA. They don’t get it because they don’t get America.
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